Overview

Pros

Cons

Plain design

No high-speed ports

No video out

Quick Take

It’s not perfect, but it’s solid and small, with a good display and better graphics.

While Lenovo’s attractive ThinkCentre Edge M91z may have stolen the limelight this week with its attractive edge-to-edge glass, it’s definitely not the only game in town. HP is looking to capitalize on the business market with their own all-in-one, running on AMD’s Brazos platform – can that partnership make a winning product? Read on and see.

Specifications:

Processor: AMD Dual-core E350 with AMD Radeon HD 6310

Operating system: Windows 7 Professional

Memory: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1333MHz

Chipset: AMD A45 Fusion Controller Hub

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6310 “Discrete-Class Graphics”

Storage: 250GB HDD @ 7200RPM

Optical storage: SuperMulti DVD+/-RW with LightScribe

Networking: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet

Wireless networking: 802.11b/g/n

Display: 20 inches, 1600×900 resolution

Power supply: 90W (external)

Dimensions: 14.06 x 3.66 x 18.5 inches (HxDxW)

Weight: 11.02 pounds

Warranty: One year limited parts and labor onsite warranty

What’s in the box:

HP 100B All-in-one

HP wired keyboard

HP wired mouse

90W external power supply

Product materials/manuals

The HP 100B All-in-one has a starting price of $499, but is currently on sale for $439.

Build and designHP has had a lot of experience designing all-in-one desktop computers. While many are familiar with their experiments in touch technology, headed by the attrative TouchSmart line of desktops, the TouchSmart units are certainly not the first. Compaq, with whom HP merged back in 2002, started making all-in-ones two decades beforehand.

The 100B has an understated look to go with its understated nomenclature. It’s a simplistic desktop, and takes a few of its obvious design cues from the earlier generations of the TouchSmart desktops. The overall shape of the unit is a rudimentary tripod, with two legs built into the front and a locking hinged stand on the back. HP put a plastic insert into the top middle of the front display bezel, as if some models might eventually include a webcam. It looks a little out of place, since it’s just a blank piece of plastic.